Selected Publications
Current water quality guidelines across North America and Europe do not protect lakes from salinization
Hintz, W; …(+ 9 authors) Melles, S.J. et al. (+ 32 authors)
Published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on February 22, 2022
PNAS Ecology. 119(9).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115033119
Deep waters are warming less consistently than surface waters and thermal stability.
Pilla, R; …(+ 30 authors) Melles, S.J. et al. (+ 26 authors)
Published in Scientific Reports on November 25, 2020
Scientific Reports. 10(1): 1-15
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-76873-X
Climate and landscape conditions indirectly affect fish mercury levels by altering lake water chemistry and fish size.
Thomas, S, Melles, S.J., Mackereth, R., Tunney, T.D., Chu, C., Oswald, C.J., Bavsar, S.
Published in Environmental Research on September 01, 2020
Environmental Research. 188, Sept 109750
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2020.109750
Extinction filters mediate the global effects of fragmentation
Betts M.G., Wolf C., Pfeifer M., … Melles S., …Ewers, R.M.
Published in Science on December 06, 2019
Science, 366(6470), 1236-1239.
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.AAX9387
Diversity of practitioners publishing in five leading international journals of applied ecology and conservation biology, 1987 – 2015 relative to global biodiversity hotspots
Melles, S. J., Scarpone, C., Julien, A., Robertson, J., Bello Levieva, J., Carrier, C., France, R., Gvuenc, S., Lam, W.L., Lucas, M., Maglang, A., McKee, K., Okoye, F., Wong, K.
Published in Ecoscience on August 14, 2019
Écoscience, 26(4), 323-340.
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2019.1645565
The ‘cottage effect’ in citizen science? Spatial bias in aquatic monitoring programs
Millar, E. E., Hazell, E. C., & Melles, S. J.
Published in International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2019
International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 33(8), 1612-1632.
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2018.1423686
The influence of environmental and health indicators on premature mortality: An empirical analysis of the City of Toronto's 140 neighborhoods
Awuor, L., & Melles, S.J.
Published in Health & Place on July 01, 2019
Health & Place, 58, 102155.
DOI: 10.1016/J.HEALTHPLACE.2019.102155
Transparency, geomorphology and mixing regime explain variability in trends in lake temperature and stratification across Northeastern North America
Richardson, D., Melles, S., Pilla, R., Hetherington, A., Knoll, L., Williamson, C., ... & Rudstam, L.
Published in Water, 2017
(1975–2014). Water, 9(6), 442.
DOI: 10.3390/W9060442
Potential spread of Great Lakes fishes given climate change and proposed dams: an approach using circuit theory to evaluate invasion risk
Melles, S. J., Chu, C., Alofs, K. M., & Jackson, D. A.
Published in Landscape Ecology, 2015
Landscape Ecology, 30(5), 919- 935.
DOI: 10.1007/S10980-014-0114-Z
Review of theoretical developments in stream ecology and their influence on stream classification and conservation planning
Melles, S. J., Jones, N. E., & Schmidt, B.
Published in Freshwater Biology, 2012
Freshwater Biology, 57(3), 415-434.
DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2427.2011.02716.X